"Weird Al" Yankovic

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Al just picked up another Grammy (that’s #5 if you’re counting!) at the 61st annual Grammy awards. Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of “Weird Al” Yankovic won for “Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package,” beating out Guns N’ Roses and the Grateful Dead. Many thanks to the Grammy voters, and of course all the fans! You can watch the acceptance speech here.

On Nov. 30, 2018, a few short months after Al got his own star, Al spoke at the Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony for his friend Lin-Manuel Miranda, along with the legendary Rita Moreno. You can watch the whole ceremony here.

Weezer asked Al to star in their video for their cover of Toto’s “Africa” – so he did! Previously (on Aug. 8, 2018), Al had jumped up on stage with Weezer at the Los Angeles Forum and played the song with them – you can see fan-documented evidence here, here, here, and here.

Al will appear on upcoming episodes of TTTT. And listen for his voice-over work on upcoming episodes of Where’s Waldo, Bojack Horseman, My Little Pony, Pete the Cat, Candace Against the Universe, Blaze & the Monster Machines, Close Enough, New Looney Tunes, ANBT, Teen Titans Go! and Star Wars: Detours!

Al’s latest single “The Hamilton Polka” is available wherever songs are sold or streamed! It became the first polka song in history to land on the Billboard Digital Sales chart (at #23) and also debuted at #1 on the Comedy Songs chart!

Al received the 2,643rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, August 27, 2018. You can visit it at 6914 Hollywood Blvd. (right across the street from the Chinese Theatre) and you can watch Al’s acceptance speech here!

Weird Al” Yankovic and his band played 77 shows from Feb. 27 to June 10, 2018 on their Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour, which played to sold-out venues all across North America. This tour was unique in that it featured stripped-down production (no costumes, props or video screens) and showcased Al’s original material (as opposed to his parodies).

On Nov. 4, 2017, Al performed Oompa Loompa songs at the Hollywood Bowl as part of their “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” spectacular. John Stamos was Willy Wonka, Finn Wolfhard was Charlie, and Giancarlo Esposito was the Candy Man.

John Oliver decided Al was the only human who could successfully de-escalate the nuclear crisis, so Al wrote “The North Korea Polka (Please Don’t Nuke Us)” and performed it on John’s HBO show (Last Week Tonight) back on August 13, 2017.

Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of “Weird Al” Yankovic features all 14 of Al’s studio albums, plus a 15th album of odds and ends called Medium Rarities. It comes with a 100-page booklet of rare photos, and it’s enclosed in an amazing replica of Al’s accordion. Unfortunately, this item is now completely sold out.

After 200 shows over 9 months, including two nights at the Hollywood Bowl and a sold-out performance at Radio City Music Hall, the Mandatory World Tour has finally come to an end. We want to sincerely thank everybody who attended one of our obligatory concerts. No more tours for a while, but we’ll see you in a couple years!

In 2006, Al did a parody of James Blunt’s “You’re Beautiful” called “You’re Pitiful” which was initially meant to appear on the Straight Outta Lynwood album. Permission was revoked, and the track was never officially released. We approached James Blunt recently to see if we could include “You’re Pitiful” as a rarity on next year’s box set (Squeeze Box: The Collected Works of “Weird Al” Yankovic) – but again we were told he has denied permission. So, unfortunately, you can’t BUY the song anywhere, but you can still DOWNLOAD IT FOR FREE hundreds of places on the internet, including here, here, here, here, here and here!

Al is one of the featured performers onGeorge Fest: A Night To Celebrate the Music of George Harrison, which just got released on DVD, Blu-Ray, CD and vinyl. This wonderful live tribute was recorded and filmed on September 28th, 2014 at the The Fonda Theater in Los Angeles, with a host of today’s best musicians paying tribute to their favorite George Harrison songs.

MAD Magazine picked Al to be their first-ever guest editor in their seven-decade history! The issue (#533) features contributions from Al, as well as Patton Oswalt, Tom Lennon, Chris Hardwick, Seth Green, Kristen Schaal, John Hodgman, Emo Philips, and the Usual Gang of Idiots.

Mandatory Fun debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 200 album chart. It’s the first time that Al has ever had a #1 album – in fact, it’s the first time a comedy album has topped the Billboard chart in over 50 years (and the first time a comedy album has debuted at #1 in HISTORY!)

The SF Sketchfest paid tribute to “Weird Al” Yankovic on February 6, 2015 with a special evening of comedy and music, featuring an interview with Al and Chris Hardwick, as well as appearances by Hard ‘n Phirm, Jonah Ray, and Garfunkel and Oates.

“Word Crimes” debuted at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100, earning Al another distinction. Only 3 artists have had singles that charted in the Top 40 in each of the last 4 decades: Michael Jackson, Madonna, and now “Weird Al” Yankovic!

Al performed “The Ballad of Homer and Marge” for three consecutive nights at the Hollywood Bowl as part of a 25th anniversary celebration called “The Simpsons Take the Bowl,” which featured Simpsons cast members as well as Jon Lovitz, Hans Zimmer, Beverly D’Angelo and Conan O’Brien!